Sarim Ashrafi

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Sultan Alp Arslan and Malik Shah I statues at the Independence Monument in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Sultan Alp Arslan, a short biography

Sultan Alp Arslan was the second Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire. Born as Muhammad…

Allama Muhammad Iqbal, a short biography

Noted British Indian Muslim thinker, philosopher and Urdu poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal was born on…

Sultan Tughril, the founder of the Great Seljuk Empire, a short biography

Sultan Tugril was the son of Mikail Beg and grandson of Seljuk. Tughril and his…

The Battle of Ain Jalut, how the Mamluks of Egpyt saved the Muslim world

On September 03, 1260, the forces of the Mamluks of Egypt defeated the Ilkhanid (Mongol)…

Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi, the greatest physician of the Middle Ages

On August 27, 854, celebrated alchemist, physician, philosopher and polymath Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi (Rhazes)…

Battle of Heliopolis, July 6, 640

On this day, July 06, 640, the Rashidun Caliphate forces defeated the Byzantine armies in…

Crusaders’ siege of Nicaea, May 14-June 19, 1097

In the year 1077, Suleiman Shah ibn Qutalmish captured the Byzantine city of Nicaea and…

Chronological history of the Crusades

August 26, 1071In the Battle of Manzikert, Sultan Alp Arslan defeats the Byzantine armies led…

Siege and Conquest of Constantinople, 1453

Sultan Murad II besieged the city of Constantinople in 1422 but the walls were too…

The iconic meeting of Amir Timur and Ibn Khaldun

In 1401, the great Arab historian Ibn Khaldun met Amir Timur during the siege of…